La Liga 2 match preview and statistics: Albacete fight Almería

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Competition: Spain La Liga 2
Competition: Sun 14.June
Match begins: 17:30 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Carlos Belmonte (17524 seats)

Struggling Albacete will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Almería in the upcoming league round. It’s 20th vs 3rd and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.

Albacete have less rest than Almería in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a La Liga 2 game only four days ago. That game was an away game at Rayo Vallecano, so at least Albacete are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!

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Albacete form and stats

4 victories, 5 draws and 7 defeats. That’s what Albacete have to build on here at Estadio Carlos Belmonte in the La Liga 2.

No payout for Albacete in their previous match, an away game at Rayo Vallecano that ended in defeat 0-1. Before that, Albacete played out a draw 1-1 when visiting Girona.

Albacete are traveling soon after this match as the La Liga 2 match at Extremadura UD awaits in three days.

Albacete have scored 11 league goals here from 16 matches, not a lot. 17 goals have been conceded.

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Almería form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team, who have the most scored goals (52) in La Liga 2, on their La Liga 2 travels is 6 wins, 8 draws and 3 defeats. With two straight losses from their last two away games, Almería are hoping that it's time for some travel points again.

The supporters enjoyed Almería's previous game versus Deportivo La Coruña (placed 19th), a La Liga 2 4-0 win played at home. Preceding that game, the 1-2 loss visiting Cádiz's place.

As you can tell from the results above, Almería was very dominant against Deportivo La Coruña, winning the match with a scoreline that even the finest fortune teller couldn't predict. 4-0 (!) with Juan Muñoz, Darwin Nuñez (2) and Ivan Balliu providing the goals.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Las Palmas in just three days.

Almería has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 27 goals from 17 games. Almería have conceded 19 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Albacete - Almería 0-1. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's two Albacete victories, three draws and five Almería wins. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, six matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

AlmeríaD. Núñez Ribeiro
D. Núñez Ribeiro
12 goals
AlmeríaJ. Lazo Romero
J. Lazo Romero
8 goals
AlmeríaJ. Muñoz Muñoz
J. Muñoz Muñoz
8 goals

Albacete missing players

Almería missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Albacete Almería
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
31 15 4 Played P 7 16 31
9 4 2 Won W 3 5 13
8 5 0 Drew D 4 8 11
14 6 2 Lost L 0 3 7
24 11 3 Scored S 9 26 51
37 16 3 Conceded C 3 19 32
97% 93% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 71% 88% 87%
52% 53% 25% Over 1.5 O 1.5 57% 81% 77%
26% 27% 25% Over 2.5 O 2.5 29% 56% 52%
13% 7% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 14% 38% 35%
6% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 12% 13%
42% 47% 25% BTTS BTTS 43% 69% 55%
29% 27% 50% Clean Sheets C S 57% 31% 39%
32% 33% 25% Failed to Score F T 29% 12% 19%
 
4.7 6.4 8 Corners for (avg) C F 4.1 3.8 4.1
4.5 3.9 3.5 Corners against (avg) C A 6.3 5.4 4.6
3.5 3.2 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.9 2.9 2.8
4 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 4
 
273 150 46 Total Shots T S 77 161 315
94 58 15 Shots on Target S O 23 58 129
26% 19% 20% Goal Efficiency G E 39% 45% 40%
Key stats in La Liga 2 this season:
  • Albacete has the fewest scored goals (11) at home
  • Albacete has the fewest scored goals (24)
  • Albacete have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Albacete have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Almería has the most scored goals (27) away
  • Almería has the most scored goals (52)
  • Almería has the most scored goals in the second half (34)
  • Almería has the the best goal difference (+20)
  • Almería have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Almería have scored more than double the goals of Albacete.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Cádiz 32 16 9 7 42 30 16 9 5 2 25 15 16 7 4 5 17 15 12 57
2 Real Zaragoza 32 15 10 7 46 33 16 8 4 4 24 15 16 7 6 3 22 18 13 55
3 Almería 32 14 11 7 52 32 15 8 3 4 25 13 17 6 8 3 27 19 20 53
4 Huesca 32 16 5 11 42 33 16 12 2 2 28 13 16 4 3 9 14 20 9 53
5 Girona 32 13 9 10 40 35 16 10 4 2 23 12 16 3 5 8 17 23 5 48
6 Elche 32 12 11 9 42 34 16 5 7 4 21 17 16 7 4 5 21 17 8 47
7 Mirandés 32 10 15 7 44 44 17 6 10 1 20 13 15 4 5 6 24 31 0 45
8 Rayo Vallecano 32 9 17 6 40 33 16 7 6 3 22 16 16 2 11 3 18 17 7 44
9 Alcorcón 32 10 14 8 41 38 16 4 4 8 17 23 16 6 10 0 24 15 3 44
10 Sporting Gijón 32 11 9 12 32 30 16 8 4 4 24 14 16 3 5 8 8 16 2 42
11 Fuenlabrada 32 10 12 10 33 33 16 6 6 4 20 17 16 4 6 6 13 16 0 42
12 Ponferradina 32 9 14 9 36 34 16 7 8 1 21 10 16 2 6 8 15 24 2 41
13 Tenerife 32 10 9 13 36 37 16 6 6 4 18 16 16 4 3 9 18 21 -1 39
14 Las Palmas 32 9 12 11 34 39 16 5 6 5 20 19 16 4 6 6 14 20 -5 39
15 Numancia 32 9 11 12 36 37 16 7 5 4 18 11 16 2 6 8 18 26 -1 38
16 Málaga 32 8 14 10 28 30 16 5 7 4 19 17 16 3 7 6 9 13 -2 38
17 Lugo 32 8 13 11 30 41 16 5 6 5 18 24 16 3 7 6 12 17 -11 37
18 Real Oviedo 32 8 12 12 37 43 16 4 9 3 18 17 16 4 3 9 19 26 -6 36
19 Deportivo La Coruña 32 8 12 12 28 46 16 5 7 4 18 20 16 3 5 8 10 26 -18 36
20 Albacete 32 9 8 15 24 38 16 4 5 7 11 17 16 5 3 8 13 21 -14 35
21 Extremadura UD 32 7 11 14 31 44 16 4 4 8 15 21 16 3 7 6 16 23 -13 32
22 Racing Santander 32 4 16 12 32 42 16 2 9 5 20 21 16 2 7 7 12 21 -10 28

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Cádiz 32 16 9 7 42 30 16 9 5 2 25 15 16 7 4 5 17 15 12 57
2 Real Zaragoza 32 15 10 7 46 33 16 8 4 4 24 15 16 7 6 3 22 18 13 55
3 Almería 32 14 11 7 52 32 15 8 3 4 25 13 17 6 8 3 27 19 20 53
4 Huesca 32 16 5 11 42 33 16 12 2 2 28 13 16 4 3 9 14 20 9 53
5 Girona 32 13 9 10 40 35 16 10 4 2 23 12 16 3 5 8 17 23 5 48
6 Elche 32 12 11 9 42 34 16 5 7 4 21 17 16 7 4 5 21 17 8 47
7 Mirandés 32 10 15 7 44 44 17 6 10 1 20 13 15 4 5 6 24 31 0 45
8 Rayo Vallecano 32 9 17 6 40 33 16 7 6 3 22 16 16 2 11 3 18 17 7 44
9 Alcorcón 32 10 14 8 41 38 16 4 4 8 17 23 16 6 10 0 24 15 3 44
10 Sporting Gijón 32 11 9 12 32 30 16 8 4 4 24 14 16 3 5 8 8 16 2 42
11 Fuenlabrada 32 10 12 10 33 33 16 6 6 4 20 17 16 4 6 6 13 16 0 42
12 Ponferradina 32 9 14 9 36 34 16 7 8 1 21 10 16 2 6 8 15 24 2 41
13 Tenerife 32 10 9 13 36 37 16 6 6 4 18 16 16 4 3 9 18 21 -1 39
14 Las Palmas 32 9 12 11 34 39 16 5 6 5 20 19 16 4 6 6 14 20 -5 39
15 Numancia 32 9 11 12 36 37 16 7 5 4 18 11 16 2 6 8 18 26 -1 38
16 Málaga 32 8 14 10 28 30 16 5 7 4 19 17 16 3 7 6 9 13 -2 38
17 Lugo 32 8 13 11 30 41 16 5 6 5 18 24 16 3 7 6 12 17 -11 37
18 Real Oviedo 32 8 12 12 37 43 16 4 9 3 18 17 16 4 3 9 19 26 -6 36
19 Deportivo La Coruña 32 8 12 12 28 46 16 5 7 4 18 20 16 3 5 8 10 26 -18 36
20 Albacete 32 9 8 15 24 38 16 4 5 7 11 17 16 5 3 8 13 21 -14 35
21 Extremadura UD 32 7 11 14 31 44 16 4 4 8 15 21 16 3 7 6 16 23 -13 32
22 Racing Santander 32 4 16 12 32 42 16 2 9 5 20 21 16 2 7 7 12 21 -10 28

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